Unique Experiences and Hospitality Tickets
Now Available for Purchase at 2019 Tour of Utah
Meet the Riders at Team Presentation on Aug. 10 at Snowbird Resort
SALT LAKE CITY (July 17, 2019) – The Tour of Utah professional cycling stage race provides spectators with free access to watch the competition on Aug. 12-18 while also offering unique Experience Packages and hospitality tickets for sale to enhance the action. Reservations can be made online at the Tour of Utah website under the Experience tab.
Hospitality tickets are being offered for select race venues and dates with prices starting at $150 per person in private viewing areas adjacent to start or finish lines in a covered environment. Admission includes catered food and beverages, high-definition television monitors and climate-controlled rest rooms.
Unique for 2019 is that seven of the nine race venues with daily hospitality will allow patrons to watch the race pass two or more times. The Prologue on the opening day of racing and Stages 1, 4, 5, and 6 allow patrons to enjoy both the start and finish in the same location. Stage 2 in Brigham City provides viewing of the race start and a Utah Sports Commission Sprint line. Stages 1 and 3 offer viewing of a multiple finish circuits and the race finishes. Tickets to the Stage 3 start on Antelope Island State Park are sold out.
Before competition begins in the 477-mile stage race, the Team Presentation will be held on Saturday, Aug. 10 at Snowbird Center on an outdoor stage between the Aerial Tram and The Forklift restaurant. This event will take place from 4-6 p.m. and is free to the general public. Limited hospitality tickets will be available for $125 per person. Each ticketed guest will have access to reserved seating, food/beverage service and interaction opportunities with athletes representing the 17 teams.
Five Experience Packages are also available for exclusive behind-the-scenes access to race activities. This year’s packages include rides in a team car or behind-the-scenes entry to the television studio with a meet-and-greet with broadcasters. A new 12-person private suite package is available in Park City which is catered by Tour of Utah Team Chef Matt Accarrino, a James Beard Award recipient and Head Chef of SPQR in San Francisco. Prices begin at $750 per person (based on two-person package) and can be reserved online at https://www.tourofutah.com/experience/packages-experience.
Prefer to be a participant on your bicycle and not just a spectator? The Ultimate Challenge presented by University of Utah Health offers two gran fondo-style bicycle rides on Saturday, Aug. 16 rolling from Canyons Village at Park City Mountain. This year, the unique cycling event takes amateurs across the demanding mountain course that will be used on Stage 6. The 93-mile route departs at 10:30 a.m. and will feature timed sections on the Wolf Creek Ranches and Empire Pass climbs. The shorter 43-mile route begins at 12:30 p.m. Registration, $95 for the short course and $140 for the long course, is available online at www.tourofutah.com/experience/ultimate-challenge.
EXPERIENCE PACKAGES
VIP Car Ride with VIP Hospitality -- $1,000 (per person)
Team Car Ride -- $2,000 (per person)
Ultimate Fan Package -- $2,500 (two people)
Meet the Faces of the Tour of Utah -- $1,500 (two people)
Treasure Mountain Suite with Chef Matt Accarrino - $10,000 (12 people)
-- tourofutah.com –
About the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah
The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, referred to as "America's Toughest Stage RaceTM," is a week-long, professional cycling stage race for the best men’s teams in the world. The 2019 event will be held Aug. 12-18, covering 477 miles of racing and 37,882 feet of elevation gain. Now in its 15th year, the event was elevated in 2015 as a 2.HC-rated UCI stage race, making it one of the premier events in North America. The Tour of Utah is owned by Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment. More information about the Tour of Utah, host venues and professional teams can be found by visiting www.tourofutah.com, as well as social channels Facebook (tourofutah), Twitter (tourofutah), Instagram (thetourofutah) and YouTube (tourofutah).
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Sign to Pure Noise Records
Release 12" EP Ripping / Pulling / Tearing
Stream New Single "Replacing Every Weakness" Here:
July 17, 2019 - Nashville, TN - Chamber have signed to Pure Noise Records for the release of their new 12" EP, Ripping / Pulling / Tearing, available today. The eight-track collection features songs from Chamber's debut EP Hatred Softly Spoken and 7" "Final Shape / In Search of Truth", as well as a brand new song "Replacing Every Weakness". Stream the official video for "Replacing Every Weakness" here: https://youtu.be/B6XaU4clJ1Q. Ripping / Pulling / Tearing is available for purchase via iTunes here: https://geni.us/ChamberRPT and streaming via Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2XQdcJN. For more information on Chamber, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/chambertn/.
Of Ripping / Pulling / Tearing, vocalist Jacob Lilly explains, "These eight songs really show the growth of our band over the past year and we're happy we got the chance to revisit them in a way that accurately represents where we are as a band today." He continues,"We're excited to be working with Pure Noise Records on this release, as they are constantly putting out great records, working hard and pushing their bands."
Chamber is a five-piece hardcore band based in Nashville, TN. Hailed by Revolver as "one of the most technically pugnacious hardcore bands around", the group effortlessly shape-shifts between prodigious, flashy mathcore and devastatingly punishing hardcore, all while adding their own refreshing spin on the genre.
No matter the direction they take as they continue to challenge both listeners and themselves, Chamber have already played a significant role in elevating underground heavy music, especially in Nashville. Their steadfast disavowment of their hometown's predominant musical identity provides them the ultimate sense of authenticity, lurking beneath the surface of the mainstream to raise a new wave of metal.
Chamber is Jacob Lilly (vocals), Taylor Carpenter (drums), Gabe Manuel (guitar), Mike Moynihan (guitar) and Christian Smith (bass).
Ripping / Pulling / Tearing:
1. Replacing Every Weakness
2. Ripping / Pulling / Tearing
3. Every Blade
4. In Search of Truth
5. Skin
6. Final Shape
7. Vessel
8. Severed
For more information on Chamber, please visit:
https://www.facebook.com/chambertn/
https://twitter.com/chamber615
https://www.instagram.com/chambernashville/
The immoral silence to the destructive xenophobia of “Just Leave”
by Wim Laven
567 words
Donald Trump tweets “why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came” and doubles-down by then accusing four sitting members of Congress of hating America (referring to Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, NY; Ilhan Omar, MN; Rashida Tlaib, MI; and Ayanna S. Pressley, MA). Only one of the four, Omar, was born outside the US, and was a refugee fleeing war in Somalia.
“Just leave” is a dog-whistle for white nationalism. Research shows that supporters and opponents of Donald Trump respond differently to racial cues. Simply put: Trump intentionally and incessantly works to make white people angry at minorities, his divisiveness is working. Hate crimes in the U.S. are up, especially in pro-Trump areas and places where he held rallies. His divisive rhetoric was a motivating force for mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand and other hate crimes here and abroad, as cited by the attackers themselves in most cases. A bigoted bully his entire career, openly and unapologetically racist for decades, it is dishonest to pretend there is a debate; then there is the dishonesty of silence.
The breadth of silence of silence from the Republican party (and his rise in Republican voter support shown in subsequent polls) showcases the tacit support of the insinuation that people of color are foreigners. Either Trump speaks for American conservatives or their cowardice is too great to mount any opposition. Minority House Leader Kevin McCarthy stands by Trump’s side and nods approvingly with Trump’s messages that minorities are a threat to American safety, values, and people of color do not belong. Majority Senate leader Mitch McConnell, a descendant of slave owners (census records show two of his great-great-grandfathers owned more than a dozen slaves) pretends to be the statesman and tells everyone to calm down, as if Trump should be permitted to engage in all the cruelty and bullying that suits him.
Since the 1780’s the great American Melting-Pot has been an important metaphor. It was used to articulate the blending of different cultures, ethnicities, and nationalities into a single American identity. The logical extension of a true support for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness combined with the acknowledgement of “created equal” that is perhaps best expressed E pluribus Unum—out of many, one—our national motto.
These time-honored values are not defended by those who truly need to model them, as history shows. In Rwanda, leading to the 1994 genocide, the Hutus failed to defend Tutsis when bigoted leadership called them “cockroaches.” German non-Jews failed to stand up to Hitler as he ramped up in the early 1930s with actions not dissimilar to Trump right now. This is comparable to McCarthy and McConnell failing to correct Trump’s anti-brown bigotry.
It is not easy to push back against bigotry. In McCarthy’s Bakersfield, CA, where I’m from, I remember the lesson well. In high school in the 90’s “just joking” racism bought me acceptance, and speaking out against pejorative slurs earned me the recognition of “race traitor.” I can tell you every time I spoke out it made a difference, and I slept at night. Even if you didn’t speak out about the “very fine people” neo-Nazis in Charlottesville (Trump’s approving words), you can say something about the concentration camps at the Mexican border; you can defend the Americans being told to leave, we need to be united on this.
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Wim Laven, Ph.D., syndicated by PeaceVoice, teaches courses in political science and conflict resolution.
